Exodus 26:7-13

Exodus 7-13 (cf. Exodus 36:14-18). The Tentover the Dwelling, consisting of eleven curtains of cloth made of goats" hair, each 30 cubits long, and 4 cubits wide, fastened together so as to form a single large curtain, 30 cubits broad, and 44 cubits long. The Bedawin still make their tents of goats" hair in the same way: breadths of goats" hair cloth, it may be ¾ yd. broad, and as long as the breadth of the tent, are stitched together, and form a covering capable of keeping out the heaviest rain (Burckh. Bedouins, i. 37; cf. DB.iv. 717): comp. Song of Solomon 1:5, where their dark colour is alluded to.